News and stories News 2 May 2025 Resumed second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly News 29 April 2025 Investing in disaster risk reduction to save lives and protect sustainable development Story 25 April 2025 New blog highlights how multilateralism can accelerate urban climate action News 23 April 2025 Cities worldwide invited to join UN-Habitat’s Quality of Life Initiative News 14 April 2025 81st ESCAP Commission Session + All news and stories Urban Impact Urban Impact Issue 27 Urban Impact Issue 26 Urban Impact Issue 25 Urban Impact Issue 24 UN-Habitat in the News 31 October 2024 Cities Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future. Keep Their Role Central at COP29 3 October 2022 Time to strengthen solutions to the growing urban challenges 26 June 2022 Naomi Hoogervorst on Democratization of Design: "Equal Cities Need Equal Voices" 3 April 2022 Kenya elected Vice-Chair of the UN-Habitat Executive Board 8 March 2022 Urban Thinkers Campus – Transforming cities to be inclusive, equitable, and just through a paradigm shift towards gender equality Press Releases Press releases Apply Arabic - Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Thursday, 10 June 2021 Local authorities in Heet, Iraq celebrate the handover of UN-Habitat projects funded by the European Union and Alwaleed Philanthropies Thursday, 10 June 2021 Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme Wednesday, 2 June 2021 Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021 Friday, 28 May 2021 Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Friday, 14 May 2021 Japanese - Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Monday, 17 May 2021 Next year’s World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland, to focus on the future of cities Friday, 14 May 2021 Nominations for the 2021 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Awards now open Wednesday, 28 April 2021 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 18 Next page ›› Statements and speeches Statements and speeches Apply Statement by the President of Kenya at the opening of the second United Nations Assembly. Tuesday, 6 June 2023 Executive Director of UN-Habitat speech at the high-level event on women sharping cities and communities Tuesday, 6 June 2023 UN-Habitat Assembly video message - Secretary General Monday, 5 June 2023 Introductory Statement of the Executive Director at the Ceremonial Opening of the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly Monday, 5 June 2023 UN-Habitat Assembly video message - President of General Assembly Monday, 5 June 2023 Opening remarks at the stakeholder dialogue toward the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly Monday, 22 May 2023 Communication from the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kenya for the period of 24 March 2023 to 1 May 2023 Thursday, 4 May 2023 Communication from the Permanent Mission of the Russian federation to Nairobi dated April 2023 Friday, 14 April 2023 Pagination Previous page ‹‹ Page 5 Next page ›› Get in touch Are you a journalist interested in UN-Habitat? Contact our communications team. Media Centre contact Ekaterina Bezgachina Chief of Communication ekaterina.bezgachina@un.org Connect with us on Social Media for the latest developments in sustainable urbanization OPENING ADDRESS UN SECRETARY GENERAL VIDEO ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY OPENING ADDRESS PRESIDENT OF UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADDRESS TO THE ASSEMBLY AI Master of Ceremonies at the Second United Nations Habitat Assembly UN-Habitat on Flickr UN-Habitat on Flickr
